Sentence examples for ethics ordinance from inspiring English sources

When Mr. Hall was re-elected tribal chairman in 2010, an ethics ordinance prohibited leaders from using their offices for private gain, but it did not explicitly bar them from owning oil-related companies.

At the end of January, the tribal council approved an emergency amendment to its ethics ordinance explicitly forbidding its members to do business with oil companies on the reservation.

The city's ethics ordinance does not consider work-related trips to be gifts, though it does require that elected Chicago officials and some city employees report gifts worth more than $500 in annual financial disclosure statements.

"If governors are engaging in business associations with people who are also receiving state contracts, I think that is a serious injury to public trust, though technically it may not violate the state ethics ordinance," said Susan L. Walker, the acting executive director of the association.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported at the time that "the county's ethics ordinance prohibits awarding a contract to a business that a county employee owns".

Blanchard asked Yarbrough to fire her niece, but Yarbrough refused, saying the ethics ordinance doesn't apply to her office – setting the stage for a potential court battle.

Last week, the city's own ethics commission ruled that Mr. Campbell violated city ordinances by not disclosing the income, but it chose not to fine him.

He criticizes the more traditional concept of Sunni ethics that is limited to compliance with the ordinances of the religious law (sharî'a) and following the example of the Prophet Muhammad.

Mr. Herrera was also accused of missing meetings and voting on a billboard ordinance while his wife was a consultant for the industry, an ethics charge that was dismissed.

The ordinance failed anyway.

But the ordinance was popular.